Travel
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Armrest wars: Flights are fuller than everSep 18, 2011 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Don’t expect much elbow room on flights this fall. Planes have never been so full. There was barely a spare seat this summer, and the next few months should b...
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Google’s new airfare search section takes offSep 17, 2011 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc.’s search results for airline tickets are finally getting a lift from a key piece of technology that it bought earlier this year. The Internet...
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Gulf Coast's oily mess now just a memorySep 17, 2011 6:00 am - PENSACOLA, Fla. — Last summer John Ehrenreich wondered whether his Pensacola Beach go-cart track and parasailing business would make it through the BP Deepwater Horizon ...
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U.S. airlines collect fewer bag feesSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — U.S. airlines collected slightly fewer baggage fees in the in the first three months of the year despite an uptick in travelers. The data, released Tuesday by...
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On the road: Celebrate OktoberfestSep 11, 2011 1:00 am - Chicago An Oktoberfest with oomph Berghoff Oktoberfest 2011, a spirited outdoor celebration, will offer brats, apple strudel and other German dishes, raffles and plenty...
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Oktoberfests a toast to beer, German rootsSep 11, 2011 1:00 am - For dedicated beer lovers, fall conjures up images of Oktoberfest, and that means steins the size of toddlers, boisterous drinking songs and waitresses in dirndl skirts....
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Elks gather in Estes Park for mating seasonSep 10, 2011 6:00 am - ESTES PARK, Colo. — There are certain signs of fall in the town of Estes Park: the chill of morning frost, the reds and yellows of autumn leaves, and the thousands of el...
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Vermont's leaf season tourism threatenedSep 10, 2011 6:00 am - MONTPELIER, Vt. — The flood damage in New England is all but certain to hurt Vermont's vital leaf-peeping season, when thousands of tourists come to see the autumn color...
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Shoe-removal requirement at airports to be phased outSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — There are the lines, the scanners and the occasional need for a stranger to poke around in your luggage, but the No. 1 complaint passengers have with airpor...
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High-tech blends with tradition as spas reshapeSep 05, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Hyperlocal ingredients, a blend of technology and tradition, and treatments focusing not just on beauty but also on remedying stress and pain are some of the ...